When is reference to DLL released

[Bob Murdoch]

I'm writing a custom COM object used by certain pages on a site. During
development, I need to replace this dll periodically, but have found that is
in use and can't be replaced. This is true even after all browsers have
been closed, and sufficient time allowed for a session to expire. The only
thing I have found that works is to restart IIS thru the IIS mgmt console.

The object is used like this:

var vObject = Server.CreateObject('MyObject');
//do something with it
vObject = null;
Is there another way to replace this dll short of taking the entire site
down?

tia,

Bob M..

[Aaron Bertrand [MVP]]

IIS loads a reference into memory and does not release it until IIS is
restarted.

http://www.aspfaq.com/2087

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Aaron Bertrand
SQL Server MVP
http://www.aspfaq.com/
"Bob Murdoch" <ra***********@erols.com> wrote in message
news:u1**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I'm writing a custom COM object used by certain pages on a site. During
development, I need to replace this dll periodically, but have found that is in use and can't be replaced. This is true even after all browsers have
been closed, and sufficient time allowed for a session to expire. The only thing I have found that works is to restart IIS thru the IIS mgmt console.

The object is used like this:

var vObject = Server.CreateObject('MyObject');
//do something with it
vObject = null;
Is there another way to replace this dll short of taking the entire site
down?

tia,

Bob M..

[Ray at]

It's ~possible~ that this will help, I suppose.
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/667/

Ray at work

"Bob Murdoch" <ra***********@erols.com> wrote in message
news:u1**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I'm writing a custom COM object used by certain pages on a site. During
development, I need to replace this dll periodically, but have found that is in use and can't be replaced. This is true even after all browsers have
been closed, and sufficient time allowed for a session to expire. The only thing I have found that works is to restart IIS thru the IIS mgmt console.

The object is used like this:

var vObject = Server.CreateObject('MyObject');
//do something with it
vObject = null;
Is there another way to replace this dll short of taking the entire site
down?

tia,

Bob M..

[Bob Murdoch]

"Ray at <%=sLocation%> [MVP]" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in
message news:O7**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

It's ~possible~ that this will help, I suppose.
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/667/

That would have been too easy.... No luck in going down that route.

Thanks anyway,

Bob M..